Basis of Presentation (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform with GAAP and general practices within the banking industry.  There have been no material changes or developments in the application of accounting principles or in our evaluation of the accounting estimates and the underlying assumptions or methodologies that we believe to be Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates as disclosed in our 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements — ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities is the first ASU issued under the FASB's financial instruments project. ASU 2016-01 primarily affects the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities under the fair value option, and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. The guidance in this ASU requires all equity securities with readily determinable fair values to be measured at fair value on the balance sheet, with changes in fair value recorded through earnings. For financial liabilities that are measured at fair value in accordance with the fair value option, the guidance requires changes in the fair value of a financial liabilities attributable to a change in instrument-specific credit risk to be recorded separately in other comprehensive income. This ASU eliminates the requirement to disclose the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate fair value. It does require public entities to use the exit price when measuring the fair value of financial instruments measured at amortized cost for disclosure purposes In addition, the new guidance requires financial assets and financial liabilities to be presented separately in the notes to the financial statements, grouped by measurement category and form of financial asset. The effective date of this Update is for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2017. The Company is evaluating the impact, if any, that ASU 2016-01 will have on its financial position, results of operations, and its financial statement disclosures.

ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) was issued with the intention of improving financial reporting about leasing transactions. Under the new guidance, a lessee will be required to recognize assets and liabilities for leases with lease terms of more than 12 months. Consistent with current GAAP, the recognition, measurement, and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee primarily will depend on its classification as a finance or operating lease. However, unlike current GAAP - which requires only capital leases to be recognized on the balance sheet - the guidance in the ASU will require both types of leases to be recognized on the balance sheet. The ASU also will require disclosures to help investors and other financial statement users better understand the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. These disclosures include qualitative and quantitative requirements, providing additional information about the amounts recorded in the financial statements. The effective date of this Update is for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2018. The Company is evaluating the impact that ASU 2016-02 will have on its financial position, results of operations, and its financial statement disclosures. 

ASU 2016-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718) was issued as part of the FASB's simplification initiative. Under the new guidance, several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transactions are simplified, including: (a) income tax consequences; (b) classification of awards as either equity or liabilities; and (c) classification on the statement of cash flows. The effective date of this Update is for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2016. The Company is evaluating the impact that ASU 2016-09 will have on its financial position, results of operations, and its financial statement disclosures.

ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments was issued with the intention of improving financial reporting by requiring timely recording of credit losses on loans and other financial instruments held by financial institutions and other organizations. The ASU requires the measurement of all expected credit losses for financial assets not recorded at fair value based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This ASU will be required to be implemented through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the amendments are effective. The effective date of this Update is for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2019. The Company is evaluating the impact that ASU 2016-13 will have on its financial position, results of operations, and its financial statement disclosures. We expect the new accounting guidance to increase the allowance for loan losses with a resulting negative adjustment to retained earnings, and we are planning on implementing a new software program during 2017 to enable us to determine the extent of the impact, which could be material.

ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments was issued to address diversity in practice of how certain cash receipts and cash payments are currently presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The amendments in the ASU provide guidance on the following issues: debit prepayment or debt extinguishment costs, settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments or other debt instruments with coupon interest rates that are insignificant in relation to the effective interest rate of the borrowing, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims, proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies, including bank-owned life insurance policies, distributions received from equity method investees and beneficial interests in securitization transactions. Further, the ASU addresses the topic of separately identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance principle. The effective date of this Update is for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is evaluating the impact that ASU 2016-15 will have, if any, on its financial statement disclosures.